After 10 years, five seasons, and countless episodes, Stranger Things has come to an end. However, now I have had almost one week to sit with it – and, despite my prior excitement for the 2-hour-plus finale – I cannot help but feel let down and overall disappointed by how the series creators have decided to end the show. Instead of getting closure, I and other fans have been left confused, with my most burning questions unanswered.
Like many others, I started watching the show as soon as it hit Netflix in 2016 when I was just 16 years old, and I've kept up since. There was nothing like Stranger Things around when season 1 aired. The '80s setting made me feel nostalgic for a time I had never even lived in, and the themes of friendship and outcasts coming together in order to defeat evil reminded me of classics like Goonies and The Lost Boys. Layering fantastical elements on top of this, pulled straight from the world of Dungeons & Dragons, was just pure genius.
